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== Naming conventions ==
Hi Dirko

I think that we will need to agree a standard way of naming players.  

For example, Cornes has three players who played for GFC.  Obviously Graham is the one with the most interest for Glenelg fans, but sooner or later we will be including the sons in the list and just the surname wont separate them.  

I suggest we use christian and surnames, and if there are multiple players with the same name then we include middle initials.  This is what Blueseum does.  If we have any where the names are absolutely identical we can list the more prolific player and have a link at the top to the "lesser" player's page.  How does that sound?

[[User:Ranga|Ranga]] 23:03, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

== Naming Individual Matches ==
Do you think it would make more sense to have the article page for a particular Round named after the Round and year (like they do on Blueseum) rather than the calendar date, which means little to a casual reader?  Thus the game on 7 May 1921 would be on a page called [[Round 1 1921]].

[[User:Ranga|Ranga]] 12:25, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

:I think that makes a lot more sense. The whole season is played in "Rounds", and generally, well I know I do, you tend to remember certain games or refer to games by the round number not date.  

:When you get to that page it will have the date anyhow.

:[[User:Dirko|Dirko]] 12:33, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

::OK, well we can simply rename the pages already done with dates.  Renaming is an option somewhere in the scheme of things (Special Pages?)If you cannot find out how to do it then let me know and I will track it down again.   [[User:Ranga|Ranga]] 13:22, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

:: Edit: MOVE the page is what renames it auto-magically.  Wheee!  I will do a couple to check it works as I vaguely remember it working.  [[User:Ranga|Ranga]] 22:54, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

== Match Reports ==
Hey Dirko I see you have said you have Match Reports from 2003 to 2006 from the Messenger.  Have you saved a copy of them to your PC?   I find that websites have a horrible habit of deleting stuff without telling anyone.  [[User:Ranga|Ranga]] 09:41, 14 April 2010 (UTC)


I have now !!  This is the link I was using [http://www.messenger.net.au/Sport/sanfl.html] have a squiz ! There are a few missing, but overall, 3 years worth is pretty good !
[[User:Dirko|Dirko]] 00:04, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

== Sorting names ==
You probably noticed, but I finally made myself look up how to sort by surname.  In a Category you add the way you want it sorted much like you would make the text for an internal link ... eg <nowiki>[[Category:Players|Hinge, John]]</nowiki> shows the player listed by his surname in the Category Players.  [[User:Ranga|Ranga]] 12:45, 25 May 2010 (UTC)